Weggeland, Gordon L. (Gordon LeRoy), 1902-1988
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1988
Biographical History
Gordon L. Weggeland (1902-1988) was a stockbroker, insurance executive, politician, and government administrator in Utah and Hawaii.
Gordon LeRoy Weggeland was born on July 15, 1902 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry Weggeland and Nina May Tolhurst. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was baptized in 1910 and served a mission for the Church in Scotland and England between 1922 and 1924. He married Mary Smith Murdoch in the Salt Lake Temple on May 4, 1927, and they had three children. Weggeland established himself as a stockbroker in Salt Lake, forming his own brokerage in 1934. He was also active in politics, and was elected as a Democrat to the Utah House of Representatives in 1936. He was then appointed to the state Senate, and was re-elected in 1938 and 1940. During this time he led the Appropriations Committee, and was co-chairman of the Utah delegation and committee to the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941 Weggeland resigned from the legislature to accept an appointment as Utah director of the Federal Housing Administration, where he served until 1951. After leaving government service he worked as an executive officer and director of insurance companies in Utah, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Australia. He also remained active in his church and community, serving in the American Revolution Utah Bicentennial Foundation, the Utah Bicentennial Commission, the Utah Endowment for the Humanities board, and on various Church high councils. Weggeland died on August 31, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Citation:
Millennial star, Jan. 3, 1924: p. 13 (Gordon L. Weggeland; missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in Aberdeen, Scotland)Millennial star, Nov. 2, 1922: p. 702 (Weggeland arrived in mission on S.S. Montcalm on Oct. 28, 1922)
Millennial star, Dec. 11, 1924: p. 799 (Weggeland released from his mission, returned on S.S. Montcalm)
Ancestry.com, via WWW, Jan. 15, 2014 (Gordon L. Weggeland; Gordon LeRoy Weggeland; b. July 15, 1902 in Salt Lake City, Utah; m. May 4, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mary Smith Murdoch, three children; d. Aug. 31, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah; stockbroker, executive secretary for stock exchange, state director for U.S. Federal Housing Administration)
Familysearch.org, via WWW, Jan. 15, 2014 (Gordon Leroy Weggeland; parents: Henry Weggeland and Nina May Tolhurst; baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910)
Deseret news, Sept. 1, 1988 (Gordon LeRoy Weggeland; former federal official and civic and business leader; Utah director of the Federal Housing Administration, 1941-1951; est. Gordon L. Weggeland Stock Brockerage Co. in 1934; founder, executive officer, and director until retiring in 1966 from insurance companies in Utah, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Australia; active Democrat, held positions at precinct, county, and state levels; elected to Utah House of Representatives, 1936; appointed to Senate and elected to that body, 1938 and 1940; served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee; co-chairman of the Utah delegation and committee to the 1939 New York World's Fair; chairman of the American Revolution Utah Bicentennial Foundation; member of the Utah Bicentennial Commission; member of Utah Endowment for the Humanities board; served an LDS Mission to Scotland and England; served on Bonneville, Honolulu, and Emigration stake high councils)
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Mormonism, the restored gospel of Jesus Christ : a dialogue
Hand-written, fictional dialogue in response to the accusations and questions commonly put to Mormons about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Characters listed at the beginning of the document include The World; The Latter-day Saints; The Gospel; The Primitive Church of Jesus Christ; The Apostacy; The Protestant Revolution; and Joseph Smith. Item dates from 1924.